Jessica Ramos: “Participatory budgeting... shouldn't necessarily be…”

“There are initiatives in the City Council that as mayor, I would be much more supportive of, like participatory budgeting, which is a concept that I like and that we could do more of. That Participatory budgeting... shouldn't necessarily be optional, depending on the council member. but, you know, put more power in. In the people's hands to decide what it is that we do with our tax dollars in terms of prioritizing capital projects and such.” (15:25–15:36)

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